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WhatsApp says it has enabled end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication on its service, which now has over a billion users, by default — Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People — For most of the past six weeks …
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| Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg: |
Twitter acquires rights to stream NFL's Thursday night games, beating Amazon and Verizon, in an effort to attract mainstream users — Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream Thursday Night Games — Twitter Inc. won a deal to show Thursday night National Football League games online, a person familiar with the matter said.
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See also Mediagazer| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources: Twitter paid less than $10M for the 10 NFL games, while rival bids were higher than $15M; users can watch for free without signing-in — Twitter Beats Amazon, Verizon for Global NFL Streaming Deal — Surprise finish to the fight for NFL streaming rights: They're going to Twitter.
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Medium launches Medium for Publishers, a suite of branding and customization tools, over a dozen websites migrate over, including The Awl — Making Medium More Powerful for Publishers — At Medium, we're building out a new corner of the Internet specifically designed for people and publishers …
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See also Mediagazer| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: new higher-end Kindle to come with a rechargeable case for extended battery life, and a solar-powered case is in development — Amazon to Release New Kindle With Rechargeable Protective Case — Solar-charged Kindle case also being developed — Amazon.com Inc. is betting …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter makes it easier to share tweets privately with new button on iOS and Android — While nowhere near as big as this morning's news that Twitter will live stream the NFL's Thursday Night Football, the company is announcing another change to its service today aimed at increasing …
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| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Starz launches standalone streaming service with apps for Android and iOS at $9/month, less than Showtime's $11/month offering — With a Stand-Alone App, Starz Looks Beyond the Cable Bundle — The hot and crowded market of subscription streaming services will get yet another entrant …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony's next PS4 update arrives tomorrow with game streaming for PC and Macs — Sony's next major update to the PlayStation 4 debuts tomorrow. It includes a number of new features, but the most important addition is Remote Play for PCs and Macs. New Remote Play apps for Windows and Mac … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
HTC Vive review: great innovative ideas, customizable UI, and solid construction, but glitchy and too expensive at $800 — HTC Vive review — One month ago, I tested a virtual reality headset called the HTC Vive Pre. The Pre was a development kit created by gaming behemoth Valve …
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Tweets: @ow and @thedextriarchy
| Jim McGregor / Forbes: |
NVIDIA announces new Tesla P100 GPU with 15B+ transistors, 16GB of High-Bandwidth Memory for deep learning, manufactured using latest 16nm FinFET process — NVIDIA Reinvents The GPU For Artificial Intelligence (AI) — At a time when PCs have become rather boring and the market has stagnated … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
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| Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft's Surface phone slated for 2017, likely to come in three variants for different pricing tiers and markets — A Microsoft Surface Phone may come in three versions but not until early 2017 — Microsoft's plans for a Surface phone still appear to be happening … | The Charlotte Observer: |
PayPal drops plan to build $3.6M, 400-worker facility in Charlotte, NC, over recent discriminatory LGBT law — PayPal withdraws plans for Charlotte expansion over HB2 — The technology company opposes North Carolina's new LGBT law — The company had announced plans to build …
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